Innate Immunity Flashcards
barriers against disease
skin, mucous, lysozomes, pH, sebum, etc
humoral defense against disease
bacteriocidal substances, ROI, complement, APP, transport proteins, coagulation proteins, interferon
cellular defense against immunity
blood cells (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, monocytes, NK cells) tissue: macrophages, dendritic cells, mast cells
skin and mucous membranes contain
sebaceous glands and sebum which inhibit microbe growth with a low pH or with antimicrobial stubastances and cilia
inflammation is triggered by
injury or invasion
inflammation functions to
protect tissues but causes damage and disease too
normally the damage is repaired, but inflammation can become chronic
inflammatory mediators result from vasoactice mediators such as
prostaglandins, leukotrienes and histamine from mast cells
bradykinin from kinin system
microbes/injury trigger tissue/sentinal cells
mast cells, macrophages, dendritic cells
signs/systems of inflammation and infection
blood supply increases, causes redness and warmth
BV are permeable, so swelling happens
immune cells are recruited and kill pathogens, causing tissue debris
WBC attack and release substances to continue inflammation
inflammatory mediators can cause pain by nerve stimulation
body reacts with chills, fever, muscle aches
innate responses are often sufficient to
prevent infection in tissues and blood, but might not be enough to overcome large numbers of microorganisms
fever is caused by
TNF, IL1, IL6 from macrophages in response to pathogens
controlled by hypothalamus
innate immune cells can tell
self from nonself using PAMPs
PAMPs (on the surface of the pathogen!)
pathogen-associated molecular patterns
unique to specific classes of pathogens-molecular patterns
cannot be altered, supressed or hidden from the surface
not structurally similar to self-antigens
PAMPs include
porins lipoproteins lipopolysacharadies teichoic acid mannoproteins b-glycan lipoarabinomannan
PRRs
example is mannose receptor
bacteria, fungi, and viruses need a glycan with mannose tails
no human cells have glycans with terminal mannose
PRRs are coded in
germ line
undergo non clonal distribution meaning that all cells have receptors with idenitical specificities
Toll like receptros
pair with eachother and recognize pathogens
Extracellular TLRs
1 2 4 5 6
intracellular TLRs
3
7
8
9
TLRs recognize
PAMPs and activate inflammation
endosomal TLRs
located in endosomes into which microbes are ingested
respond only to nucleic acids
TLR signals activate
transcription factors that stimulate expression of cytokines and other mediators for inflammation
nuclear factro kB
NF-KB one of the most important TF activated by TLRs
promotes expression of various cytokines and adhesion molecules (MOST important for inflammation)
Interferon regualtory factors
another inportant Tf
stimualtes production of antiviral cytokines IFNa/b
aka type I interferons
bacteria
TLR 1 2 4 5 9
viruses
3
7
8
9
Fungi
2
6
MyD88
adaptor protein
TRIF
adaptor protein
IRF
a transcription factor
IRAK
kinase
TRAF6
adaptor protein
TLR4 dependent cell activation
TLR4, MD2, CD14 and LPS is assebled on pathogen surface
MyD88 binds TLR4 and activates IRAK4 to p1 TRAF6 leading to activation of IKK
IKKp IxB causing its degradation and release of NFkB to go to nucleus
NFkB activates genes for inflammatory cytokines made in cytoplasm and secreted via ER
Pamps activate complexes called
inflamasomes containing NLRs
NLRs act as
scaffolding proteins
assemble signaling platforms that trigger activation of NF-kB and MAPK
best NLR is
NLRP3
inflammasomes activate
protease caspase 2
main function of caspase 1 is to make
IL-1B and IL-18 which drive inflammation
these are produced in the inflammasome
DAMPs
damage associated molecular patterns
danger molecules released in damaged or dying vells
while PAMPs are from pathogens, DAMPs are from
cell/ecm
both trigger similar types of inducers and same types of sensors leading to same mediators
DAMPs released a lot in ___ and little in ___
necrosis; apoptosis
DAMPs include
HGMB1
uric acid
HSPs
when these are released from a necrotic cells trigger TLR 2, 4 and NLRP 3 which trigger NFkB
loss of self tolerance leads to
development of autoimmune diseases
DAMPs play a role in development of the loss of self-antigen recognition